Design for a Ceiling Decoration: A Gathering of Mythological Figures (recto); Dancing Satyr and Two Seated Figures (verso)

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Artist: Anton Domenico Gabbiani (Italian, Florence 1652–1726 Florence)
Date: 1652–1726
Medium: Pen and brown ink, over black chalk (recto); faint red chalk design (verso)
Dimensions: 14-3/16 x 11-11/16 in. (36.0 x 29.7 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1971
Accession no.: 1971.222.1

Head from Laocoon Group
Anton Domenico Gabbiani
n.d. · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00002270
Flying Putto Supporting a Crown
Anton Domenico Gabbiani
1652–1726 · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00019942
Saint Januarius Saving Naples from an Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. Verso: Small sketch of similar scene
Anton Domenico Gabbiani
1724 · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00021239

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.